Squalus gabrielsoni Siverson 1993 (dogfish shark)

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae

Full reference: M. Siverson. 1993. Maastrichtian squaloid sharks from southern Sweden. Palaeontology 36:1-19

Belongs to Squalus according to J. Adolfssen and D. Ward 2015

See also Siverson 1993

Sister taxa: Squalus acanthias, Squalus alsaticus, Squalus argentinensis, Squalus ballingsloevensis, Squalus balsvikensis, Squalus blainvillei, Squalus chiconis, Squalus crenatidens, Squalus huntensis, Squalus megalops, Squalus minor, Squalus nicholsae, Squalus perlo, Squalus philippi, Squalus smithi, Squalus sorrakowah, Squalus stehlini, Squalus suckleyi, Squalus vondermarcki, Squalus weltoni, Squalus woodburnei, Squalus worlandensis, Biforisodus, Acanthias geelongensis, Acanthias depauwi

Type specimen: LO 5068 T, a tooth. Its type locality is Sample S91-5-1-MS, Kvarnby, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in Sweden.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Denmark (3 collections)

• Cretaceous of Sweden (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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